The Evolution of Websites

My coworker found this article *shout out to Darren* at work the other day. It's comparisons of major websites from when they first launched to now.
The author Samuel points out a few extinct snippets from web history I remember so well:

• "Best Viewed with IE" badge
• left-aligned website - A personal hated favourite
• Java versions of sites

The older sites seem hilarious now but I have to give them cred - I remember my first site, 200k images you needed to scroll from side to side to see.

Canadian Myths

This is a really cool project put together by a collection of Canadian designers. Its called the 'Cabin' project and its aim is to reinterpret objects or sentiments we Canadians view as 'Canadian.' Here is an excerpt from their site.

Given the relative youth of Canada and much of it's mythology, we are in a unique position to 'write our own story.' The Cabin Project is about creating 'the evidence' of this story. Evolving as new designers contribute their own unique perspectives.'

Here are some creations from the project.

The Cancon chair.

Souvenirs for Canada

Hitchcock Revisited

I just bought the latest issue of Vanity Fair and they had this really cool spread where they recreated some memorable shots from Alfred Hitchcock films. The originals are still the best but these are also really well done. Here is a shot from Rear Window with Grace Kelly and Jimmy Stewart and the modern version with Scarlet Johansen and Javier Bardem. Grace Kelly was wearing the most beautiful dress in this scene of the movie. I love it. Check out the rest of the shots here.

Kelly Rowland

In an interview with People magazine, Kelly Rowan recently admitted that she had breast enhancement surgery to increase her breast size from an A to B cup. She claims: "I was sick of not fitting into my tops. There was this one really hot House of Dereon top — I just wanted to fill that out!" Here is a before and after of Kelly from egotastic.com.